CREATE MUSIC

that competes at the highest level through a deeper understanding of today’s hits.

“Hit Songs Deconstructed has really pushed my music to a competitive level."

JULAPINK
Pop Recording Artist

I'm such a better songwriter now than I ever have been, and it's in large part due to Hit Songs Deconstructed, the reports, the masterclasses and the private coaching. I am so glad I found you guys, it has been a game-changer."

Omar Zulfi
Songwriter/Producer

"Relevant to any music theory, composer, songwriter, or producer in the game now.”

Dr. O
Producer, Young M.A., Chris Brown, Lil Wayne

"Hit Songs Deconstructed is a cutting-edge service that can support our members' creative process with in-depth data and analysis of current songwriting techniques."

Nick Lehman
ASCAP, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer

"My entire thought process as a producer, an engineer, a musician, and a songwriter are fleshed out in the pages of the HSD reports."

"Prince" Charles Alexander
Professor, Music Production & Engineering/Commercial Record Production, Berklee College of Music
Grammy-winning, multi-platinum producer, audio engineer, and recording artist

“By identifying the tools that were employed in hits, writers can incorporate them into their own songs--using techniques that have proven successful--while putting their own spin, and their own unique creative angle on them. HSD does the research for me. It’s an amazing tool--and one I highly recommend.”

Jason Blume
Songwriter w/50 million albumsales/top-selling author, Billboard Books

“Hit Songs Deconstructed is very useful. Recommend it to all."

Sandy Chen
Songwriter, Warner Chappell Music

"The depth, detail and level of care that Hit Songs Deconstructed exercises in their song analysis is something I want my students to aspire to."

Chris Sampson
Director of Popular Music Pedagogy
Founding Director of Popular Music Program
USC Thornton School of Music

“What I learn from these workshops and the Hit Songs Deconstructed website in one month would take me years to figure out on my own.

George Haughton
Educator/Songwriter

"I've been writing professionally for over ten years but I've found several nuggets of gold in each presentation that have improved my writing already.”

Roy Stride
Hit Songwriter, Producer, Artist
One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Scouting for Girls

“Seeing what I usually hear in a visual form really solidifies things.

Carrie Cunnignham
Singer, songwriter, live sound engineer, auctioneer, CEO of Sound Barn Publishing

“Hit Songs Deconstructed ran one of the most thorough, well-presented and thought-out master classes on pop writing I have ever experienced."

Jay Rodriguez
Grammy nominated musician, film composer, producer and arranger
Prince, Elvis Costello, Miley Cyrus, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Akon, Wu Tang Clan, DJ Premiere, Guru

"Hit Songs Deconstructed is a great teaching tool and an extremely valuable resource for my songwriting students. We’ve made it an integral part of the songwriting curriculum at MTSU."

Odie Blackmon

Associate Professor, Middle Tennessee State University
Adjunct Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music
Grammy nominated songwriter w/20 million album sales

Powerful tools, data and analysis to take your craft to the next level.

Hit Songs Deconstructed empowers creatives and music industry professionals to create and release music that competes at the highest levels through unparalleled insight into the craft and trends behind today’s hits.

HSD Essentials

A Searchable Database of Songwriting Techniques: Fuel your inspiration with the techniques that helped today’s most successful songs become global hits!
Reference Track Search: Mix and match 200+ compositional filters to find Hot 100 Top 10 songs with very specific compositional characteristics.
The Hit Songs Deconstructed Reports: Each report breaks down a current hit down to its foundational building blocks and pulls back the curtain on the patterns and science behind how the song was written, produced and arranged.
Downloadable DAWs for Today's Hits: Using empty MIDI regions to visualize the instrumental arrangement, effects, energy, vocal melody and production, structure, select techniques and more, these DAW projects provide you with a visual roadmap for understanding how today’s hits were effectively arranged.

The IMMERSION Database

Compositional Analytics: Round out your data toolbox with songwriting analytics for today's most successful songs.
Benchmark Tool: Compare and contrast compositional characteristics across songs, artists, songwriters, producers and labels.
Artist, Songwriter, Producer and Label Database: Stay in tune with the artists, writers, producers, and labels behind today’s hits and the trends behind them.
Quarterly Trend Reports: Every quarter Hit Songs Deconstructed publishes trend reports that deliver an easy-to-digest snapshot of the trends driving each quarter’s most successful songs and gets you in tune with today’s rapidly evolving hit song landscape. Quarterly reports include New Arrivals Deconstructed, Hot 100 Top 10 Deconstructed, Top Performing Hits Deconstructed, Hip Hop vs. Non-Hip Hop Deconstructed, and Who's Writing the Hits?